The Country's Special Operations Command Will Add Roughly 300 Officers Over the Next Two to Three Years

SINGAPORE—Singapore will double the strength of its riot-control force and improve communications and training within its law-enforcement agencies, after a state-backed inquiry panel found flaws in the police response to a rare riot here last year.

These steps, among others, are in line with recommendations made by the panel after a six-month probe into Singapore's worst outburst of public violence in more than 40 years, Deputy Prime...